User talk:SandisterTei

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-- Wikinews Welcome (talk) 19:15, 29 July 2012 (UTC)

Article headline conflusion

Just a note to point out, you've created a second version of the article under a different headline. Not sure whether you meant to do that. --Pi zero (talk) 16:10, 9 August 2012 (UTC)

No I didn't mean to do that. I didn't know what to do to restore article and make necessary changes.

I saw your latest review. Thanks for the pointers. I am determined to write a Wikinews worthy article about the mourning. Today is the last day and hopefully I can do better

SandisterTei (talk) 10:22, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

No problem. The original article is at Ghana begins three-day mourning of late President Mills. It got there after I moved ti twice during review; the reasons for the moves, and for various other edits during review, are in the article history.

Hopefully you can bring it into shape. Keep in mind, the first article is the hardest, as one is learning the basics of Wikinews writing; many first-time contributors don't achieve publication on the first article they attempt. We say our initial learning curve is steep but thankfully short, after which of course we never stop learning, but the learning only rarely involves losing an article. --Pi zero (talk) 10:52, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Can I change the title to Ghana buries the late president Mills today? SandisterTei (talk) 12:03, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Sure. Rename the page; your account here is old enough (more than 4 days) for you to be allowed to move pages.

You'll need to source the event, of course. --Pi zero (talk) 12:07, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Ghana buries late President Mills

Published. Congrats! See detailed history of edits during review.

It's always good to provide more background with these sorts of articles (down toward the bottom, that would be of course, in the inverted pyramid structure). But heck, that's a refinement. You've got one published! --Pi zero (talk) 14:43, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

A cookie for your help!

Thank you for your help! The article looks clean now. I have learnt a lot. I just realised the last story from Ghana was in 1998. Thank you! SandisterTei (talk) 15:59, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

oops 2009 I mean

SandisterTei (talk) 17:24, 10 August 2012 (UTC)

Hailemariam Desalegn sworn in as Ethiopia's prime minister

Published. :-)  See review comments and (acknowledging I manged to get myself confused over his predecessor's date of death) detailed history of edits during review. --Pi zero (talk) 14:27, 21 September 2012 (UTC)

Thank you and all noted! My second article on Wikinews published! SandisterTei (talk) 14:44, 21 September 2012 (UTC)